Champions Cup Round 5 Match Reports
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThree late tries send Racing 92 into quarter-finals Three tries in the final nine minutes helped Racing 92 secure a 39-22 win over Munster Rugby on Sunday afternoon in Paris, securing...
Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Champions Cup action
6 years ago by The GuardianDanny Cipriani’s injury has hurt Gloucester with a crunch match to come while Saracens and Racing 92 meet in a game to savourA sure sign of a good team is one that keeps winning convincingly even when...
Six-Try Triumph Keeps Leinster On Course For Top Seeding
6 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsLeinster are within touching distance of a Heineken Champions Cup home quarter-final after running out 42-14 bonus point winners over Lyon at the RDS. A Dave Kearney brace took his handsome season’s...
Lyon no match for imperfect Leinster: the game in 60 seconds
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyLeinster's bid to claim top seeding for the knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup was buttressed by an ultimately convincing win over Lyon in Dublin on Sunday afternoon.
Leinster Make Eight Changes For Final Home Pool Game
6 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsAustralian international Scott Fardy takes the captaincy reins for Leinster’s round 5 encounter with Lyon in the Heineken Champions Cup at the RDS on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 1pm). Head coach Leo...
Champions Cup preview: Exeter’s Hogg heads to Glasgow to meet former club
6 years ago by The Guardian• Munster seek to deny Racing 92 top spot in Pool Four• Leinster host Lyon, Toulouse travel to face ConnachtLeinster are already guaranteed to finish top of the pool and their focus is on securing...
What Premiership Clubs Must Do To Progress To The Champions Cup Playoffs
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Premiership has seven teams in the competition but at the moment only two looks as if they are going to make it to the knockout phase of the competition. The likes of Sale, Bath and Harlequins are...
What Connacht, Ulster and Munster have to do to reach the Champions Cup knockout stage
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt might seem surprising to some but all four Irish provinces still have the opportunity to qualify for the knockout stage of the European Champions Cup. With two rounds still to be played, Leinster is...
Saints winger suspended for two weeks
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton Saints outside back Tom Collins appeared before an independent disciplinary panel in Coventry on Wednesday evening. Collins was shown a red card by referee Matthew Carley in the...
A NEW ERA: Fabien Galthie includes 19 uncapped players in his 42-man France squad as well as a new captain
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNew French head coach Fabien Galthie has named his first France squad that will compete in the 2020 Six Nations having taken over from Jacques Brunel following the Rugby World Cup. Brunel's...
